Insight on a local energy community: Agent based model of a peer to peer (P2P) interaction for a group of prosumers

Abstract

Energy communities are becoming a promising opportunity for distributed energy systems in positive energy districts (PED), in which the electric energy is bought and sold in a neighborhood through a shared local infrastructure. The paper considers the complexity of the set-up using of ABM (Agent Based Modelling) as a mean to investigate how such communities work. The results of an ABM simulation regarding technoeconomic matters in a small energy community (48 households) are reported and discussed. Different ownership structures and price schemes are tested and evaluated. The research result thus tend to discover 'latent opportunities' that were previously unknown and provide guidance to optimize the market design and its variables for the best performance, towards energy surplus, efficiency and climate neutrality in PEDs.